It's News To Us: Chicago Prostitution Heat Map

Here’s a novel use of the Chicago Open Data Portal. A user on Reddit posted a heat map of where prostitution is most rampant in the city using publicly available incident report data from the Chicago Police Department.

The map shows hooking is thriving in both affluent and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, from Streeterville and River North to Englewood and Garfield Park. Here are the 10 areas where prostitution is getting busted the most.